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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Farrell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">SOUNDBOARD:<br></blockquote><br>Cracks aren't a major issue. Does the piano have a significant killer octave area?<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">BRIDGES: Excellent.<br></blockquote><br>Really? Great if they are. No false beats?
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">STATE OF TUNE: 10 cents flat. This is a cause of concern, I'd think. What with the DC and being tuned 30 or more times per year, I wonder WHY it would go so flat?<br>
</blockquote><br></div>That's easy to answer. Either the guy tunes it 10 cents flat regularly, the DC is not adequately sized and/or installed, and/or the piano has a major structural failure (hopefully not likely).<br>
<br>I don't know much about values. Sorry.<br><br>Terry Farrell<br><br>----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dorr" <<a href="mailto:a440@bresnan.net" target="_blank">a440@bresnan.net</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 1:27 PM<br>Subject: Yamaha CF appraisal
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>Hello list,<br><br>I'm often asked to appraise living room pianos and have no trouble with all of that. Now, for the first time, I've been asked to appraise (for retail value) a concert piano, a 1979 Yamaha CF. I thought it prudent on my part to get a few thumbnail estimates from youse guys.<br>
<br>Herewith are, it is hoped, some succinct details:<br>CASE: very good, considering its age. No chips except on pedal lyre where the rods enter. Has a cover which is meticulously kept clean itself.<br><br>SOUNDBOARD: No major cracks, one repaired minor crack. No rib separation. Two very small cracks beginning. BTW, it has a dual reservoir DC, always plugged in.<br>
<br>BRIDGES: Excellent.<br><br>PINBLOCK: Good. Some jumpy pins, but not excessively so.<br><br>ACTION: Good, though inconsistent and not worthy of being labeled "concert prepped" (they don't budget for that! I'm not the tech they use, but I know the guy who is, and basically all he ever does is tune it twice for each concert)<br>
<br>HAMMERS: Very good. Bright, but it IS a concert instrument, right?<br><br>STRINGS: Excellent, though there is a little "buzzy-ness" to D2.<br><br>DAMPERS: Very Good.<br><br>PEDALS: Excellent<br><br>TONE: Bright but consistent.<br>
<br>STATE OF TUNE: 10 cents flat. This is a cause of concern, I'd think. What with the DC and being tuned 30 or more times per year, I wonder WHY it would go so flat?<br><br>Comes with a matching adjustable artist's bench.<br>
<br>I know my region of the world (Montana) depresses pianos' values somewhat, but anybody who has experience in selling similar instruments who could just take a minute to give a ballpark guess would have my appreciation.<br>
<br>I'll also being calling the Missoula, MT Yamaha dealer, who is a friend, to get his input.<br><br>Thanks in advance,<br><br>John Dorr, RPT<br>Helena, MT<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></blockquote><br><br></div></div>
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<div><br>I don't know much about value either but 10c flat wouldn't cause any consternation on my radar. The guy may have tuned it that way last at the request of the artist, his etd may have needed re-calibration or(my personal suspicion) there is no undercover and the cover in place is a standard cover allowing much of the treated air to escape! <g></div>
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